Advice For Beginners - Tech Skills, Applying for Jobs, Focus, Imposter Syndrome + More

Advice For Beginners - Tech Skills, Applying for Jobs, Focus, Imposter Syndrome + More

Scott and Wes give their best advice for beginners, including tech skills, applying for jobs, focus, imposter syndrome, and more… Coffeecup’s CSS Grid Builder Tool — Sponsor Check out Coffeecup’s CSS Grid.cc builder tool and resources to learn, prototype and build next gen layouts with CSS Grid! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 4:46 - Advice for gaining new skills Patience and momentum are key You likely won’t get anywhere significant in two months Think about where you want to be in five years Start small Start with was excites you and let that drive your exploration Start writing code ASAP. Don’t worry about the right way, just get started. 17:15 - Advice for applying to jobs Apply for everything. Failing an interview is no big deal. Each interview is an opportunity to gain experience Putting yourself out there is huge - one blog post, YouTube video, or open source project will put you miles ahead Have an entrepreneurial mindset - you can negotiate money, hardware, vacation time, flexible schedule, etc. Don’t just google “average salary” Negotiate salaries and perks. 29:32 - Advice for knowing what to focus on What gets you jazzed? Find something cool and figure out how to recreate it. Find a problem and figure out how to solve it - build real things. Don’t focus on tech - tech is just a tool. 38:32 - Advice for impostor syndrome Listen to this podcast! ;) Almost everyone has it. Don’t worry about other people’s progress. You don’t need to know how to do everything, but you should be able to figure out how to learn. 46:45 - Misc advice Evaluate things for yourself - don’t blindly follow the loudest voices on the internet Focus on soft skills as well - time management, communication Get a mentor Health and Hobbies - don’t let yourself burnout Links Ep 044 - How to Learn New Things Quickly Javascript30 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Sony A7iii Wes: Zevia Shameless Plugs Scott’s Level Up Tuts Pro Wes’ Stickers Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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Sponsor Deliciousbrains WP Migrate DB Pro - Use the code SYNTAX for 20% off Show Notes Stickers - SOLD OUT MORE SOON Scott's Personal Website on Gatsby Gatsby Codealong Gatsby MJML Email Framework The E-Myth Revisited Book Design is a Job Breaking the Time Barrier Basecamp Trello Freshbooks Wave Sick Picks Hyper Key + Karabiner Elements Better Touch Tool King of the Road Twitter Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax

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Show Notes Deliciousbrains WP Migrate DB Pro WesBos Website Level Up Tutorials WHY USE WWW? Webpack Babel ESLint Prettier Babili Prepack Sick Picks Figma Turn Ideas into Products Faster Design, prototype, and gather feedback all in one place with Figma. CalDigit TS3 Dock The TS3 is designed for users who require their Thunderbolt™ dock to act as the main charging hub for their laptop. Delivering the reality of single cable charging, ONE Thunderbolt™ 3 cable is all it takes for a clean, elegant and streamlined workspace. Shameless Plugs JavaScript30 A Free 30 Day Vanilla JS Coding Challenge Course. Build 30 things in 30 days with 30 tutorials. No Frameworks No Compilers No Libraries No Boilerplate. Join 101,746 others. React Native for everyone Twitter Wes Bos Scott Tolinski

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CSS Preprocessors and Structuring CSS - 003

Show Notes WesBos Website Level Up Tutorials GraphQL Dinosaur JS Conference Angular Pug / Jade EJS BEM Methodology Stylus Rupture Less Sass PostCSS PostCSS Autoprefixer RuckSack cssnext LostGrid Bootstrap Haml Babel Flickity Plugin webpack Compass React Sick Picks Bartender 2 Lets you organize your menu bar apps, by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartender Bar. Vanilla Hide menu bar icons on your Mac. Power Blocks One set of Power Block replaces racks of dumbbells Shameless Plugs JavaScript30 A Free 30 Day Vanilla JS Coding Challenge Course. Build 30 things in 30 days with 30 tutorials. No Frameworks No Compilers No Libraries No Boilerplate. Join 101,746 others. The Sketch Course & UX Prototyping with Principle Combo Limited Sale Price: $39.99 $49.99 Learn the new industry standard for web design. Become an expert in the app that is changing how designers work in the modern web and app design world. Animate Your Ideas, Design Better Apps Principle makes it easy to design animated and interactive user interfaces. Whether you're designing the flow of a multi-screen app, or new interactions and animations, Principle lets you create designs that look and feel amazing. Twitter Wes Bos Scott Tolinski

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Webcam and audio access with WebRTC and getUserMedia() - 002

Show Notes WebRTC Apple WebRTC Support GetUserMedia Slack WebTorrent https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent Soctt WebRtc Mirror - TBC MediaRecorder Electron Kap Wes Security Cam Scott Colorbars YouTube - TBC Wes Face Detection Fluent Conf Sick Picks Peak Design Everyday Backpack Everyday Backpack Video Quik by GoPro Splice Shameless Plugs JavaScript30 A Free 30 Day Vanilla JS Coding Challenge Course. Build 30 things in 30 days with 30 tutorials. No Frameworks No Compilers No Libraries No Boilerplate. Join 101,746 others. Level Up Tutorials Over 860 free video tutorials for beginners, intermediate and expert web professionals. Level Up your skills with clear, high production, free video tutorials. Twitter @Syntax @wesbos @stolinski

12 Juli 201740min

React Tools - 001

React Tools - 001

Show Notes Wes Bos' Site Level Up Tutorials site Level Up Tutorials YouTube channel Scott Tolinski personal site Cloudflare Next.js Hacker News Example in Next.js GraphQL Graphcool create-react-app React dev-tools Redux dev-tools Preact.js React Storybook Meteor Blaze Sick Picks Wes: Parcel App Scott: Fish shell Shameless Plugs Learn Node React Native for everyone

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Syntax 000 - PREVIEW

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